Wyot and Honey do know, my friend 'Tubs' is an amusing but a wild man.

I was having a dinner with him for a nice catch up chat. When we sat down and going through the menu. We noticed there vegans at the next table.

I didn't say anything however he went out about hunting, taxidermy, pest exterminators and how pate is made, outdoor cooking and he got out is phone for Outdoors TV.

I told him to shush and warned him that it's not appropriate, but he blurted out about my outdoor pursuits. Which did make chuckle because it was the say he said it.

He got a firm telling from the vegan table and rightly so. Tubs being Tubs responded do you know how many mice, rats, crickets, grass hoppers and voles were killed in the combiner harvester for your vegetables?

I paid for the vegans dinner to keep the peace and bought them some wine before thing's escalated.

I asked him why his acting up almost to point of nastiness, he showed me a piece of paper which stated he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

This hit me hard because it runs in my family, when he left for the rest room I spoke to the diner's to explain his actions.

One said his going through the same thing and he's only eating this crap to keep his doctor and wife happy. He told me fancies some steak and chicken.

When Tubs came back he had been crying this is the first time in 40 odd years I have seen him cry.

Tubs apologised which he has always done if he has gone OTT.

Tubs sat down and the man came over and told Tubs they have things in common. Tubs asked what? He said we have the same cancer and both enjoy meat and outdoor leisure activities.

His wife said he likes to hunt and was a pig farmer for many year's.

He changing his diet to help fight the cancer in hope to see to his daughter get married. Again this hit me hard, as I have 2 daughters and one has special needs and prostate cancer could happen to me has it's in the genes.

However we all exchanged phone numbers and he offered to take us fishing on his boat tomorrow. Without Tubs erratic behaviour he wouldn't of found a support network and I wouldn't be fishing on a fancy boat.

My father fought to try beat cancer my uncle just carried on like normal wine, women and song.

I do worry for my daughter when we go who is going to look after her, my other daughter has her own life.


Age is one of life's practical joke's.

Here's wishing Tubs well GM.

Wyot wrote:
Here's wishing Tubs well GM.


Thank you Wyot!

Much appreciated. We had a nice day fishing and made a new friend. Things happen for a reason.

Tubs brother's are getting next week.

Green Man wrote:
Wyot wrote:
Here's wishing Tubs well GM.


Thank you Wyot!

Much appreciated. We had a nice day fishing and made a new friend. Things happen for a reason.

Tubs brother's are getting next week.

*Tested*

Poor old Tubs. I wish him strength to cope with what is coming.
I think the survival rate is about eighty percent now, so don't panic, Greenman.x

Honey wrote:
Poor old Tubs. I wish him strength to cope with what is coming.
I think the survival rate is about eighty percent now, so don't panic, Greenman.x

Thank you again, it's a cancer that's close to my heart. I have said if I do I get (genetics) I will carry on without treatment. Tubs, I worry about he is a gentle giant.

It's apparently one of the more easily treatable cancers to get if it's caught early, so hopefully your friend will be OK.

Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and is very treatable if caught early – research suggests treatment at stages one and two has a near 100% survival rate compared to around 50% at stage four.

www.england.nhs.uk/2022/11/nhs-prostate-...ts-surge-in-england/

An elderly relative of mine was referred to hospital by his GP for tests because the GP suspected prostate cancer. He skipped the appointment (his GP was furious with him) and ended up dying some time later with bone cancer. So avoiding treatment if you get it might not be the best thing to do.

Everyone should get checked at the earliest opportunity.

If my wife's treatment for cancer (in lockdown) had been delayed a few months more my life would be very different now (perhaps if we had lived in a different part of the country it would be as well). It got bloody close to spreading.

But the treatment was swift and worked and the future odds are in her favour. Which is all we can ask for right now. Personally, I will be straight to my GP first sign of anything.

That may not have been the case before.

Jo wrote:
It's apparently one of the more easily treatable cancers to get if it's caught early, so hopefully your friend will be OK.

Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and is very treatable if caught early – research suggests treatment at stages one and two has a near 100% survival rate compared to around 50% at stage four.

www.england.nhs.uk/2022/11/nhs-prostate-...ts-surge-in-england/

An elderly relative of mine was referred to hospital by his GP for tests because the GP suspected prostate cancer. He skipped the appointment (his GP was furious with him) and ended up dying some time later with bone cancer. So avoiding treatment if you get it might not be the best thing to do.


My father had treatment which made him look death warmed up. Its both shocking and sad to see. My uncle just let nature take it cause. However medical science has come a long way since then. Tubs is going to a specialist tomorrow and I will be there.

Wyot wrote:
Everyone should get checked at the earliest opportunity.

If my wife's treatment for cancer (in lockdown) had been delayed a few months more my life would be very different now (perhaps if we had lived in a different part of the country it would be as well). It got bloody close to spreading.

But the treatment was swift and worked and the future odds are in her favour. Which is all we can ask for right now. Personally, I will be straight to my GP first sign of anything.

That may not have been the case before.

I am glad she won that battle Wyot and you should be proud to be married to her.